Emma Hodgkin

About Me

“Kia ora Koutou I am well into my governance journey, having held a number of not-for-profit roles in recent years, namely as a School Board of Trustee and Director of Canterbury Cricket. I was a recipient of the Canterbury Institute of Directors Emerging Director Award in 2022 as was lucky to also learn as a Board Intern on a large commercial company for 12 months. I have held a number of senior management and CEO roles in the public and not-for-profit sectors, working largely in the areas of public health, sport and recreation and education. I have run my own consulting business since 2015 and work with a range of public and commercial sector clients. More recently, my work has followed on strategy design and execution, project management and professional coaching and development. Professionally I hold degrees in Sport and Recreation, and postgraduate degrees in Public Health, Project Management, and Public Sector Management. I am incredibly passionate about the community sector and growing the governance capability of these organisations. I bring a strong capability in the areas of strategy and strategic execution, finance, community engagement and stakeholder management, and procurement and contract management/negotiation. I am very interested in the leadership and development of people and supporting senior leaders and am focusing my ongoing skill development in the areas of risk, and health and safety governance. I currently live in Dunedin with my husband and three children. I am passionate about the outdoors and playing my part in ensuring a brighter and healthier community and future for my children and their children.”